Senior Pension Projects Manager

About the role

We are partnering with a leading pensions organisation to find a Senior Pension Projects Manager. This senior, high‑visibility role sits at the heart of the organisation’s governance framework, providing oversight, reporting and control for a portfolio of pension and transformation projects.

Key responsibilities

• Provide programme‑level oversight across a portfolio of pensions and business‑change initiatives.
• Deliver high‑quality reporting and management information to Programme Boards, Executive Management Teams and senior stakeholders.
• Develop, maintain and enforce robust programme governance frameworks, including documentation standards, controls and reporting processes.
• Own and manage programme‑level risk, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, mitigated and escalated appropriately.
• Monitor progress against business plans, budgets and delivery timelines, reporting deviations and agreeing corrective actions.
• Support the preparation and approval of project mandates, budgets and business cases.
• Lead resource planning and allocation across multiple teams, negotiating priorities with senior stakeholders.
• Track and manage programme financials, including budget vs. actuals, forecasts and cost allocation.
• Coordinate input from internal teams, consultants and external suppliers to support successful delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve governance, reporting, delivery efficiency and overall programme control.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in pensions administration, pensions consultancy or pensions transformation environments.
• Strong understanding of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes and operational frameworks.
• Proven experience managing large‑scale, multi‑workstream projects.

Required skills